My opinions about Chevy

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Apr 1, 2005 | 06:24 PM

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Re: My opinions about Chevy

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Originally Posted by redzed

I'm very fond of all C3 Corvettes, but I have to admit that I've never liked the earlier chrome bumper 'Vettes as well as the later integrated bumper C3s. Oddly enough, carbuyers back in the '70s must have agreed because those early C3 Corvettes didn't sell very well but the later (progressively slower

) C3 'Vettes sold very well indeed.:!

IMHO, I couldn't disagree anymore. When every Corvette gained a ZR-1 style rear-treatment in 1991, it was huge improvement.

I did like the ZR1 bumper better too, but it was more than just that, the nose also changed, and the car just IMO had a much sleaker look to it, and ofcourse the addition of the LT1. So for me it was more the whole package. Now on the C3's, I would bet that the lower sales had much more to do with the rising gas prices than styling on the bumpers. And the marketing I beleive towards the later years was amped up a bit more to offset the lower sales due to the gas crunch!